Senior Software Test Engineer Jobs in Newport

Senior Software Test Engineer
South Wales > Newport

The median Senior Software Test Engineer salary in Newport is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Test Engineer 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 4.40% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.49% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
South Wales median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newport. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Newport with a recognized job title 156 160 146
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.11% 95.81% 78.49%
Number of salaries quoted 122 130 109
10th Percentile £36,625 £26,500 £26,391
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,213 £33,986
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,101 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.76% +15.78% +2.27%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £61,627
90th Percentile - £69,550 £68,497
South Wales median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £45,496
% change year-on-year +14.44% -1.09% -9.01%

Senior Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Job postings that featured Senior Software Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Test Engineer in Newport

Senior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior Software Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Newport region featuring Senior Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 7 (100.00%) Validation
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 7 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 7 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 7 (100.00%) UML
2 6 (85.71%) Code Quality
3 1 (14.29%) Ada

Senior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 7 (100.00%) UML
1 7 (100.00%) Validation
1 7 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 7 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 6 (85.71%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Ada
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207